IN WHAT must be one of the most bizarre stories of the year, Dani Pedrosa has been arrested by Spanish police, having allegedly cheated in a Yachtmaster exam.Pedrosa was arrested as part of a sting against a network who helped people pass

:56.8 lap of Brno, beating existing World Champion Nicky Hayden into second position. Spaniard Dani Pedrosa, also on a Honda, took the last place on the front row of tomorrow's grid.It wasn't all plain sailing for Stoner. His bike was plagued with brake

that the difference between the Honda and the Yamaha is minimal, if anything. Once past Stoner, he'd used the rest of the lap to close Pedrosa down, and as they flew across the line, Rossi pulled out of Pedrosa's draft and sailed past the Spaniard on the brakes

the already highly maneuverable M1 into an astonishingly agile beast. The way that Valentino Rossi could sail at will past both Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa on the brakes proved conclusively that the M1 is a finely balanced weapon, and with the Jerez track

intake of 112,000 breaths, the memory of last year's first corner catastrophe still fresh in the minds of the thronged spectators, but this year, good sense prevailed. The field sailed through in a neat procession, the spectacle provided by tight racing

of Stoner, Rossi, and Hopkins sailing past at the end of the long straight in Qatar is surely a taste of things to come in China. Pedrosa, no mean braker, was almost embarrassingly out-braked going into Turn 1, and the many extremely hard braking zones

. But HRC will surely be fixing those issues, and once they are fixed, Hayden could be back in contention.Though he does not have Hayden's background in dirt track, Hayden's team mate Dani Pedrosa does have proven ability at the track. Pedrosa romped away

of horsepower from the RC212V.The rider coping the best so far is Dani Pedrosa. The young Spaniard's riding style suits the 800 cc Honda, but even the man being touted as a future world champion has been suffering. At Qatar, Valentino Rossi sailed past Pedrosa